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P. MURTHA.

SHOE MAKERS AlWiL. v No. 396,106. Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

d v WW INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP MURTIIA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-MAKERS ANVIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 396,106, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed August 20, 1888. Serial No. 283,229. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP MURTHA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Makers A11- vils, of which the following is a specification.

M y invention has relation to shoe-makers portable anvils, and it has for its object siniplicity of construction, convenience in using the same, and durability; and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter described in the specification and pointed out in the claims, reference being had particularly to, preferably, a wood standard having on its bottom a cushion of rubber or like material and one or more laterally-projecting extended feet, and at its top a set-screw and a removable anvilblock which is retained in position by the setscrew.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a shoe-makers anvil embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the removable anvilblock, set-screw, its bearings, and the top part of the standard. Fig. 3 is an elevation of same, partly broken away; and Figs. a and 5 are respectively a side elevation and a plan of a removable anvil-block shaped to be inserted in a shoe or boot when heeling the same.

A represents the portable anvil, composed of a standard, P), which is preferably made of wood to secure a light-weight anvil for convenience of handling the same, and has affixed to its bottom in any suitable manner a cushion of rubber or other suitable material, a, to absorb or take up the noise and vibrations incident to hammering upon the anvil.

Secured to the sides of the standard are, preferably, two laterallyprojecting feet, C, located at about right angles to each other, and are of an extended length. They may be made of any suitable-material and of any desired configuration; but for economy, lightness, and effectiveness in using the anvil I prefer to make the feet 0 of strip-iron and screw one of their ends, 0, to the standard, locate their horizontal parts 0 above the bottom of the standard, and so bend the outer ends, 0 thereof that they curve above the horizontal parts 0, as indicated at c and then assume a vertical position to form a threepart or tripod support for the anvil, so that it always finds its level or position, irrespective of the condition of the floor or support upon which it is placed. The feet 0 are shaped to have the extended flat or horizontal parts 0, to admit of the shoe-maker placing his feet on the same to firmly hold the anvil in position while hammering, and the curved or raised parts 0 are provided to prevent his feet slipping off the same and to give necessary purchase to keep the anvil rigid whil'ehammering 011 it.

The top of the standard is preferably slotted transversely, as indicated at d, which communicates with a vertical recess, (1, in one side of the standard. In these recesses dd is inserted a right-angle bracket or clip, D, having a threaded opening, (1 in its horizontally-located limb d and openings d in its vertical limb (1 through which pass screws or other fastening devices (1 for securing the bracket or clip D to the top of the standard.

. In the threaded opening d is inserted asetscrew, dlhavinga thumb-piece or end, 61 and an annular collar or washer, (1 in front of the same.

The anvil-block F may be of any suitable 8o shape as required by the character of the work to be done, and is formed with a socket, f, in its lowerend corresponding to and fitting the top of the standard. I11 one side of said socket is a vertical slot, f into which the set-screw d passes when the block F is adjusted upon the top of the standard, and by turning the setscrew until its collar d binds against the outer adjacent surface of the anvil-block socket f the block is rigidly held to the standard, and is removable therefrom by simply loosening screw cl.

In using the foregoing-described anvil it is placed, preferably, upon the floor adjacent to the shoe-makers bench, so that when using it 5 he can conveniently place his feet upon the horizontal parts 0' of the standard-feet C to keep the anvil rigid, and also admit of readily turning the anvil around as the require ments of the Work demand.

hat I claim is- 1. A shoe-makers anvil, herein described,

ard having at its upper end a se screw, rei movable znwil-bloek 1*, and at ii cushion, u, and laterally-projec1ing .lTeet U, having raised or enrYed endsr as set forth.

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